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DIEGO GIACOMETTI, Table lamp, ca. 1960

Table lamp, ca. 1960

Patinated bronze, hand-stitched parchment shade. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) high, including shade.

PROVENANCE Estate of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Hydra, Greece; Estate of Paul Mayen, Hydra, Greece
LITERATURE Daniel Marchesseau, Diego Giacometti, Paris, 1986, p. 169

Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. kept the present lamp on a side table in the bedroom of his Hydra, Greece residence. An avid reader, Mr. Kaufmann cut one side of the shade to expose the bulb, so he could read with direct light.

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